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| - Brunch is king in Toronto. Breakfast is normally my favorite meal to order in a restaurant, and when i can order that same food on the weekend and a bit later, thats when it becomes brunch. There are so many places that serve this preferred meal of mine, and if you expect to get a table at a city favourite, prepare to wait or pay the price. Rose and Sons with its small amount of Yelps, is somehow flying below the radar. We entered the restaurant around 10 am on a Sunday, and the place was packed. I did a rough count and the place holds about 40 people, five of those being seats at the bar, which is where we dined. There were four staffers and they truly worked as a team, each were doing their share to help out and serve everyone in the restaurant. If you regularly eat brunch, you get accustomed to seeing the same items on a menu. I was really impressed at the creativity. I ordered the grilled romaine with anchovy dressing an toscano, for $11 with a side of bacon $4 and toast $2. I was served an entire heart of romaine, that was halved, grilled, and spread with an anchovy dressing and topping with grated toscano. This dish was so fabulous, the entire heart of lettuce was heated through, i would've liked mine to be left on the grill for just a bit longer though. I loved the brininess of the anchovies paired with the cheese, it was wonderful. As good as it was i do think that $11 is a bit expensive when a pack of three hearts retails for under $5, that being said i would still order it again. I ordered a side of bacon, and two of the thickest pieces i have ever seen arrived to the table. They were perfectly cooked, and had so much delicious fat, and it just melted in my mouth. The side of toast that i ordered came without jam, but after i asked they provided me with a ramekin of sour cherries preserves. The buttery toast paired so well with the cherries, however this toast was too hard, luckily for me i have young teeth, this could have easily resulted in a broken tooth for another diner.
Overall, one of the best brunch spots that i have been to in awhile, the service was super friendly and genuine, i will definitely return.
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